Tips

Controlling corners in dashed lines If you use dashed lines and outlines in your CorelDRAW projects, take advantage of the new dash options introduced in CorelDRAW 2018. You can find the new dash options in the Object Properties docker (Window […]

Did you know that you can sample colors not only from within the PaintShop Pro interface, but also anywhere on your desktop? This is handy if you are trying to match a hex color code or RBG values. To choose […]

You can isolate an area of an image by creating a mask. Click the Magic Wand tool, and then click inside the area you want to mask. Hold down Shift, and click again to add to your mask. Click the Fill tool, […]

We start with a pre-defined mask (see Masking video). Next, we will fill the masked area to change the sky color. Click the Interactive Fill tool. Drag to define a gradient from black to white (default colors). Drag colors from the color […]

We start with a pre-defined mask of the sky (see Masking video). Invert the mask (Ctrl + Shift + I), to select everything but the sky. We will use this new mask to apply a creative effect to the image. Click the […]

We will use the Red Eye Removal tool and the Touch-up Brush tool to correct some imperfections in this photo. Click the Zoom tool, and zoom into the area you want to touch up. Click the Red Eye Removal tool. To […]

This is the color control area of the toolbox. The color control area consists of the foreground color swatch, the background color swatch, the fill color swatch, and the reset color icon. The default foreground color is black. To change […]

The Block Shadow tool in CorelDRAW lets you add solid shadows to objects and artistic text. Unlike extrusions, block shadows consist of simple lines, which makes them ideal for screen printing and sign making. The Block Shadow tool is located on […]

A text frame that cannot hold all the text becomes red and a black arrow appears at the bottom of the text frame. Click the arrow, and drag to draw another text frame. This video was recorded with alignment guides turned […]